Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO 3 films at room temperature

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 823-829

  Zhao, T ^a,f   Scholl, A ^b   Zavaliche, F ^a   Lee, K ^a   Barry, M ^a   Doran, A ^b   Cruz, M P ^a,c   Chu, Y H ^a   Ederer, C ^d   Spaldin, N A ^d   Das, R R ^e   Kim, D M ^e   Baek, S H ^e   Eom, C B ^e   Ramesh, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Santa Barbara   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^f SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PHOTOEMISSION; THIN FILMS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (PEM); X-RAY LINEAR DICHROISM (XLD);

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33750077021     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1731     Document Type: Article

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